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The marrow thieves / Cherie Dimaline.

Summary:

"In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's indigenous population - and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. But getting the marrow - and dreams - means death for the unwilling donors. Driven to flight, a 15-year-old and his companions struggle for survival, attempt to reunite with loved ones, and take refuge from the "recruiters" who seek them out to bring them to the marrow-stealing 'factories.'"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781770864863 (paperback) :
  • Physical Description: 234 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: [Toronto] : Dancing Cat Books, 2017.

Content descriptions

Biographical or Historical Data:
Cherie Dimaline is a member of the Georgian Bay Metis community in Ontario.
Awards Note:
Canada Reads 2018 selection; Governor General's Literary Award Winner; Kirkus Prize Winner; Globe and Mail Best Book; and, The White Pine Award.
Subject: Global warming > Fiction.
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. > Fiction.
Bone marrow > Fiction.
Indigenous Peoples > Fiction.
Dreams > Fiction.
Survival > Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Indigenous peoples > Fiction.
Indigenous authors.
Genre: Apocalyptic fiction.
Science fiction.

Available copies

  • 18 of 21 copies available at College of the Rockies.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 21 total copies.
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Cranbrook Campus PS 8607 .I53 M37 2017 (Text) 31111000150605 CRANBROOK Volume hold Available -
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  • Baker & Taylor
    In a world where most people have lost the ability to dream, a fifteen-year-old Indigenous boy who is still able to dream struggles for survival against an army of "recruiters" who seek to steal his marrow and return dreams to the rest of the world.
  • Orca Book Publishers

    Winner of the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award (Young People's Literature - Text)
    Winner of the 2017 Kirkus Prize
    Winner of the 2018 Sunburst Award
    Winner of the 2018 Amy Mathers Teen Book Award

    Winner of the 2018 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature

    Just when you think you have nothing left to lose, they come for your dreams.

    Humanity has nearly destroyed its world through global warming, but now an even greater evil lurks. The Indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream. In this dark world, Frenchie and his companions struggle to survive as they make their way up north to the old lands. For now, survival means staying hidden - but what they don't know is that one of them holds the secret to defeating the marrow thieves.

  • Orca Book Publishers
    In this futuristic dystopian novel for teens, the Indigenous people of North America are on the run in a fight for survival.
  • Univ of Toronto Pr

    Winner of the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award (Young People's Literature - Text)
    Winner of the 2017 Kirkus Prize
    Winner of the 2018 Sunburst Award
    Winner of the 2018 Amy Mathers Teen Book Award

    Winner of the 2018 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and M?tis Young Adult Literature


    Just when you think you have nothing left to lose, they come for your dreams.

    Humanity has nearly destroyed its world through global warming, but now an even greater evil lurks. The Indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream. In this dark world, Frenchie and his companions struggle to survive as they make their way up north to the old lands. For now, survival means staying hidden - but what they don't know is that one of them holds the secret to defeating the marrow thieves.


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